Severe storms wreaked havoc across multiple regions of Greece, causing widespread flooding and fires as lightning struck during the torrential downpours.
Areas such as Kilkis, Veria, and Ioannina were particularly hard-hit, with heavy rainfall transforming streets into rivers and creating dangerous conditions for residents.
In several parts of the country, including Pella, Giannina, Thessaloniki, Kozani, and Korinthia, summer weather was abruptly interrupted by severe thunderstorms.
Veria faced extreme difficulty as heavy rain combined with lightning strikes, making roads nearly impassable. Emergency crews worked quickly to remove water from inundated areas.
Lauren Mascarenhas, Caroll Alvarado and Robert Shackelford CNN Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:11 UTC
Dozens of roads were closed in Connecticut as the volume of flood water and mud has made them unusable.
At least one person is missing and about 100 people have been evacuated by urban search and rescue crews after heavy rainfall caused a flash flood emergency in the Connecticut counties of New Haven and Fairfield, and other such warnings are scattered across the Northeast, impacting travel in the region, officials said.
"Widespread flooding and water rescues" were reported Sunday, the National Weather Service warned. The emergency advisory has since been downgraded to a flood warning that's in effect until 10:30 a.m. Monday and includes the cities of Waterbury, Danbury and the town of Fairfield.
At least one person was reported missing in Oxford in New Haven County as responders head out Monday morning to continue search efforts, Connecticut State Police Trooper James King told CNN.
Seven people from two families were killed in separate incidents of landslides triggered by incessant rains in western Nepal in the last 24 hours, police said on Monday.
Four members of a family were buried alive in the Bajhang district as a landslide swept away a house at the Bungal municipality-10 on Sunday night, according to the police.
Those killed included 50-year-old Kali Dhami, her daughter-in-law and grandchildren aged six and three, said the police.
However, six other members of the family managed to escape from nature's fury.
Idris Salisu Leadership.ng Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:47 UTC
Many people were reported killed while no fewer than 2,000 houses were submerged by flood in Gummi town, headquarters of Gummi local government area of Zamfara State yesterday, but the state commissioner for humanitarian affairs and disaster management, Hon. Musa Yusuf Tsafe, said there was no report of death.
A resident who gave his name as Alhaji Abu Cash down, told our correspondent on telephone that property worth of millions of naira was lost, while a large number of livestock including cows, sheep, donkeys and goats were flushed away by the torrential rains.
Abu said most of the people that died were women and children who could not escape from the strong water flow.
According to him, the heavy rains started Friday around 9:00am and continued till 4:00am on Saturday.
Hurricane Ernesto pounded Bermuda Saturday with powerful winds and 35-foot waves, drenching the British island territory in heavy rain that it is expected could cause deadly flooding.
Residents of Bermuda reported a temporary calm as the eye of the storm passed overhead. However, the island was expected to endure hours of punishing winds and rain over the weekend as the storm crawled north.
The centre of the storm is forecast to continue moving away from Bermuda Saturday as it approaches southwestern Newfoundland late on Monday, the U.S. Weather Service said.
Sara Pahari MyRepublica Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:22 UTC
Thame village, located in the scenic Khumbu region of Solukhumbu district, has always been a peaceful place, home to communities that depend on the region's natural beauty and tourism. However, on Friday, the tranquility was shattered as the village became the epicenter of a devastating flood.
Although no deaths have been confirmed so far, one person is reportedly missing. The picturesque village quickly turned tragic as it was transformed into a scene of devastation as severe floods, triggered by the rapid melting of glacial ice, swept through the area, leaving a trail of destruction.
Thame, a Sherpa village at about 3,800 meters above the sea level, is not only the home of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first to summit Everest alongside Edmund Hillary, but also of record-breaking climbers like Kami Rita Sherpa, who climbed Everest for a record 30th time this year.
The disaster began around midday when reports of an avalanche near Thame village started filtering in. Consequently, a rescue team of the Nepalese Army was immediately dispatched to the scene, along with necessary equipment which reached the site in some hours. However, the scope of the catastrophe was beyond expectation.
After the hottest day recorded this year in Germany, some parts of the country were hit by heavy thunderstorms and flooding on Tuesday night, with more extreme weather due on Wednesday.
Violent storms with heavy rain and hail plagued parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg on Tuesday night.
In Bruchsal, a river overflowed its banks and spread through the old town.
In other states, emergency services reported flooded cellars and streets.
The storms followed a heat wave that brought Germany's hottest day of the year so far, according to preliminary data from the German Weather Service.
At least 54 people were killed in floods that hit the Tibesti region in the far north of Chad's desert.
The governor of the region said in statements Thursday that the torrential floods caused by heavy rains that continued for several days killed at least 54 people in six districts in the Tibesti region, and swept away thousands of shops and cars.
For its part, the National Meteorological Agency in Chad explained that the floods were caused by heavy rains that were considered higher than the normal rates in the region, noting that what happened is considered a climatic phenomenon that occurs every five to ten years.
It is worth noting that floods are common during the rainy season in Chad, which usually extends from May to October in the southern regions.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in West and Central Africa warned, in a statement published last Tuesday, of the severity of heavy rains and floods in the region, especially in Chad.
"The purpose of GLADIO was to attack civilians, the people - women, children, innocent people, unknown people, far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force the public to turn to the State and demand greater security. Under a strategy of tension, you 'destabilize in order to stabilize', to create tension within society and promote conservative, reactionary social and political tendencies."
~ Italian neo-fascist whose prosecution led to the discovery of NATO's 'Gladio' networks across Western Europe
- Vincenzo Vinciguerra
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